Senior Instructional Designer

Job Locations
US-VA-Alexandria

Job ID
2018-1189

Category

Education Programs

Overview

The Role:

The Senior Instructional Designer is responsible for the development and delivery of SHRM’s eLearning and Seminar product portfolio directed to both organizations and HR professional. These products help HR professionals develop their skills, competencies, and in turn, support the advancement of the HR profession. In this capacity, the Senior Instructional Designer conducts analyses and audits to assess customer needs and designs, develops and enhances new and existing education programs. Using instructional design methodologies and adult learning principles, the Senior Instructional Designer leads the development of eLearning, virtual, classroom, and blended programs for both domestic and global audiences.

Responsibilities

Your Day:

Design new education programs and products including materials to support eLearning, instructor-led seminars, virtual Instructor-led seminars, and blended learning opportunities.

Interview Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) during the analysis and development lifecycle for their input and review.

Conduct annual audits of eLearning products and seminars to determine necessary updates. Redesign and update current programs to reflect new laws and changes in the workplace. Inform appropriate departments of new features/content for inclusion in brochures and advertising materials.

Make recommendations on how our programs can be tailored to provide custom solutions for corporate clients.

Research current and emerging learning and development trends and technologies to stay current in the field of instructional design.

Use learner, SME, and peer feedback to improve course effectiveness.

Apply adult learning principles, theories, and practices when designing and developing content, to ensure adult learners are engaged, retain content, and implement what they learned to improve their own, and their organization’s performance.

Coach and mentor junior designers/specialists.

Qualifications

Must Haves:

Bachelor degree in Education, or a related field; Master’s degree in Instructional Design, Education, Educational/Instructional Technology, or a related field preferred.

Proficient in executing all stages of the instructional design process - analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation - with an emphasis on new development and redesign.

Ability to design and develop experiential and transformational content for a variety of delivery methods including classroom, eLearning, and virtual synchronous (via virtual delivery platforms).

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Regularly required to sit; talk and hear, use hands to type, file, handle or feel. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. Occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Visual acuity to use a keyboard, prepare and analyze data and figures; transcribing, viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.

May require ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations; or the ability to stand, walk, lift, carry and move light to medium weight. Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and learn technical information.

Light lifting is required. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force to constantly move objects.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work is regularly performed in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment. This job requires occasional travel 0-10%.

The Society for Human Resource Management is an equal opportunity employer (Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran).

ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE: If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a physical or mental disability, please send an email to: accessibility@shrm.org or TDD (703) 548-6990.